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Well that was adventurous….
Over the last week I’ve been gone camping in the ADK, and haven’t been able to get to the final Challenge courses. Of course the day I get back, portions of the Danby State Forest, receive almost 2.5 inches of rain! Still with only a week to go I had to tackle Abbott Ascent. When I arrived I noticed they it had again rained previously in the day, not heavy, but still making everything wet. After some stretching and warm ups, I was off. The first 2 miles actually felt really good, with both miles around the 8ish minute mark. When I got to the merge around the 2.5 mile mark, I had a hard time deciding which way to go, after a couple wrong turns, and a few glances at the map I eventually found the trail. The brush was so grown up you could barely tell there was a trail! Unfortunately, in the progress, I lost around a minute of time. Shortly after I got back on track, I developed a really bad cramp:/ I rarely get cramps, so I was surprised, and that slowed the pace for a bit, until it subsided. At this point I was feeling pretty down, but my time wasn’t terrible, just slightly under my projected time. Going towards mile 4, I had to cross over the usually dried up stream getting onto the road, however it wasn’t dry. 
The stream was probably 18 inches deep, getting completely soaked shoes in the process, hey what’s a trail run without water! As I slopped onto Michigan Hollow road, I unfortunately missed the turn to get back on the trail. Again it was so dense, you could barely see it! After another roughly minute delay, I was back on track. The most treacherous part of this run, was running through the valley, right along the stream. Everything was soaked, with puddles everywhere, making it a
nightmare with footing. I probably slipped throughout the run at least a couple dozen times, however I fortunately never fell once! Once I arrived at the overlook, I got a little bit more of a boost, with only two miles to go! The last couple of miles were pretty uneventful, except for a bunch of slipping, and one wrong turn:/ I finished in a time of 1:11:40, I felt pretty good about this, with all the challenges I was up against! Unfortunately, the sloppy terrain, and multiple wrong turns definitely tacked on a few extra minutes. However, that’s the FLRC Challenge for you! One course to go:)
it was nice to not have to slog through the mud like I had to in the spring 
